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Microsoft have announced the release of OneNote for Mac, Android, and Windows platforms.What is OneNote, you ask? Take a minute and view this video.

OneNote has become an essential personal assistant for my day to day work. I have used it to create several notebooks, each dedicated to one aspect of what I do on a daily basis.

For example for my Office Applications training practice, I have a notebook with one section group for each client. When I am in contact with a new training client, the first thing I do is create a new section group for that client. Within that section group, I will create a new section for each training engagement I discuss with the client. Section contents include emails, notes on phone meetings and any other information relevant to the training session.

On a volunteer basis, I desktop publish a weekly bulletin. I receive content for the bulletin from a number of sources. With a quick click of a button, I forward the content as I receive it to the current week section of that notebook. When it comes time to put the bulletin together, all I have to do is go to the current week section of my bulletin notebook.

Those are just a couple of examples of how OneNote helps me keep my one-man show afloat. OneNote, however, is not just a tool for individuals. Large organizations also benefit from this easy to learn and use tool. Pfizer, for example, estimates that OneNote improves its effectiveness by 15%.

Potential uses for OneNote may not be infinite but its usefulness is really limited only by your imagination. Once you start to use it, the possibilities the you will realize for your own OneNote use will grow exponentially.